CROPS AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

Enrica DE FALCO CROPS AND PLANT PATHOLOGY

0712100037
DIPARTIMENTO DI FARMACIA
EQF6
HERBAL SCIENCE
2017/2018

OBBLIGATORIO
YEAR OF COURSE 2
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2016
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
1COLTURE OFFICINALI MODULO DI COLTIVAZIONI E PATOLOGIA VEGETALE
540LESSONS
2PATOLOGIA VEGETALE MODULO DI COLTIVAZIONI E PATOLOGIA VEGETALE
540LESSONS
Objectives
THE COURSE GIVES THE KNOWLEDGE ON AGRONOMY AND CROP TECHNIQUES APPLIED TO MEDICINAL PLANTS AS WELL AS ON PLANT PATHOGENS AND THEIR MAJOR DISEASES AFFECTING MEDICINAL PLANTS, DIAGNOSTIC METHODS AND CONTROL OF THE MENTIONED DISEASES BY USING ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY MEANS.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
FUNDAMENTALS OF AGRONOMY AND CROP TECHNIQUES AS WELL AS OF GENERAL ASPECTS OF PLANT PATHOLOGY AND SPECIFIC DISEASES AFFECTING MEDICINAL PLANTS.

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING:
APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE ON AGRONOMY AND CULTIVATION TECHNIQUES TO THE PLANNING OF SUSTAINABLE MEDICINAL CROP SYSTEMS AND IDENTIFYING, PREVENTING AND CONTROLLING DISEASES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS.

Prerequisites
FOR SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION AND APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE MAIN CONTENTS OF THE COURSE IT IS REQUIRED THAT STUDENTS HAVE PASSED THE PROPEDEUTIC EXAM OF PLANT BIOLOGY AND BOTANY.
Contents
MODULE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
PEDOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS AND CROPS: EFFECTS OF THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF CLIMATE ON PLANTS GROWTH. THE AGRICULTURAL SOIL: PEDOGENESIS, CLASSIFICATION, PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS. WATER AND AIR IN THE SOIL. THE ROLE OF ORGANIC MATTER.
THE MODIFY OF CROP PRODUCTION: SOIL TILLAGE AND WATER ASSESSMENT, FERTILIZATION PRINCIPLES, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, WEEDS CONTROL. CROP MANAGEMENT: PLANTS PROPAGATION, HARVEST AND FIRST PLANTS PROCESSING, QUALITY OF PRODUCTION.
AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES FOR THE MOST IMPORTANT MEDICINAL PLANTS: SAGE, MINT, LAVENDER, ECHINACEA, CHAMOMILE, DILL, CORIANDER, FENNEL, MARIGOLD, LICORICE, CALIFORNIA POPPY, ALOE, STEVIA. THE DYEING PLANTS.

MODULE OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
PLANT PATHOLOGY: INTRODUCTION. THE CONCEPT OF PLANT DISEASE. TYPES OF PLANT DISEASES. ECONOMIC IMPACT, SYMPTOMS, AND DETECTION OF PLANT DISEASES.
PARASITISM AND DISEASE DEVELOPMENT.
EFFECTS OF PATHOGENS ON PLANT PHYSIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS. HOW PATHOGENS ATTACK PLANTS. HOW PLANTS DEFEND THEMSELVES AGAINST PATHOGENS.
CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASES.
CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANT PATHOGENIC FUNGI, FUNGAL-LIKE ORGANISMS, PHYTOPLASMAS, PLANT BACTERIA, PLANT VIRUSES, VIROIDS, AND PARASITIC HIGHER PLANTS, AND THEIR RESPECTIVE MAJOR DISEASES.
HINTS ON NON-INFECTIOUS PLANT DISEASES.
Teaching Methods
THE COURSE CONSISTS OF TWO MODULES, HAS A TOTAL DURATION OF 80 HOURS (10 CFU) AND INCLUDES CLASSROOM LECTURE, LABORATORY EXERCISE, AND FIELD TRIP ACTIVITIES. 40 HOURS (5 CFU) ARE COVERED BY MODULE A (= MEDICINAL PLANTS) AND 40 HOURS (5 CFU) BY MODULE B (= PLANT PATHOLOGY). IN EACH MODULE, 32 HOURS (4 CFU) ARE DELIVERED AS CLASSROOM LECTURES AND 8 HOURS (1 CFU) AS LABORATORY EXERCISES AND FIELD TRIPS. ATTENDANCE IS REQUIRED. STUDENTS ARE REQUIRED TO ATTEND AT LEAST 70% OF THE LESSONS IN ORDER TO BE SUBJECTED TO FINAL EXAMINATION. INFORMATION ON HOW THEIR PRESENCE IS RECORDED WILL BE PROVIDED AT BEGINNING OF THE COURSE.
Verification of learning
ACHIEVEMENT OF THE COURSE’S OBJECTIVES IS VALIDATED BY A FINAL ORAL EXAMINATION USING A THIRTIETHS-BASED RATING SCALE. THIS EXAMINATION CONSISTS OF QUESTIONS AND CRITICAL DISCUSSION ON THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL CONTENTS OF THE COURSE AND IS AIMED AT EVALUATING THE ACQUIRED KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE STUDENT, HIS COMMUNICATION SKILLS USING A PROPER TERMINOLOGY, AS WELL AS HIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE ON THE SAME THEORETICAL CONTENTS AUTONOMOUSLY.
Texts
MODULE OF MEDICINAL PLANTS
REQUIRED BOOKS:
F. BONCIARELLI, U. BONCIARELLI, AGRONOMIA, EDAGRICOLE, BOLOGNA, ISBN 88-206-3696-4, 1998.
V. MARZI, G. DE MASTRO. PIANTE OFFICINALI. COLTIVAZIONE, TRATTAMENTI DI POST-RACCOLTA, CONTENUTI IN PRINCIPI ATTIVI, IMPIEGHI IN VARI SETTORI INDUSTRIALI ED ERBORISTICI. MARIO ADDA EDITORE. ISBN 8889917318, 2008.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
L. GIARDINI. L'AGRONOMIA PER CONSERVARE IL FUTURO, PÀTRON EDITORE, 2012.
CATIZONE, MAROTTI, TODERI,TETENYI, PATRON EDITORE, COLTIVAZIONE DELLE PIANTE MEDICINALI ED AROMATICHE, 1990.
F. BASSO. PIANTE OFFICINALI, AROMATICHE E MEDICINALI. PITAGORA EDITRICE. ISBN 8837117329, 2009.
T.M.SMITH. ELEMENTI DI ECOLOGIA. PEARSON EDITORE. ISBN 9788871925547.

MODULE OF PLANT PATHOLOGY
REQUIRED BOOKS:
AGRIOS G.N., PLANT PATHOLOGY (FIFTH EDITION). ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS, SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA, 2005.
BELLI G., ELEMENTI DI PATOLOGIA VEGETALE (SECONDA EDIZIONE). PICCIN, PADOVA, 2012.

REFERENCE BOOKS:
BELLARDI M.G., BERTACCINI A., MALATTIE DELLE PIANTE OFFICINALI – VIROSI E FITOPLASMOSI, EDIZIONI L’INFORMATORE AGRARIO, 2005.
MATTA A., FONDAMENTI DI PATOLOGIA VEGETALE. PATRON EDITORE, BOLOGNA, 2000.
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